Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-15
WELCOME TO THE VETS.
The State Encampment which Meets
Here Tomorrow.
Preparations for the Meeting--Arrf-
val of the Delegates - Something
About the Organization The state
and National Officers. Etc.

state encampment of the G. A. r.
| meets in Rock Island. and the occasion
will bring to the city about two thousand
| veterans and members of the Woman S
Relief corps, and many distinguished
members of the order The local COM
mittee of Buford post is busy arranging
for the important event.
THE HEADQUARTERS
of the Grand Army of the Republic during
the arrival of he delegates will be at the
Harper house. where a desk has been
provided in the reading rooms for the
registration of al visitors. The Women's
Relief corps will make their headquarters
at the Rock Island house. Tomorrow
morning at $50 the bugle assembly call
will be sounded at the Harper house for
department officers and delegates to fall
into line on the east side of Nineteenth
street, with the right of the line resting
on Second avenue. Upon the arrival of
Graham post with the delegates stopping
at Moline, the column, under command of
officer of the day E. II. Buck, Col VIM
Clendeniu, Capt. Harry M. Abel and
Capt David Hitler, assistants, with Blu,
ford post of Rock Island, Graham post Of
Moline G. A r, and Beardsley camp
Sons of Veterans, Rock Island, acting rs
/ escort
The line of march will then be as fol-
lows; West on Second avenue to Six
teenth street, and from thence south on
Sixteenth street to the rink, where the
| session of the encampment will be held.
The army posts and Sons of Veterans
corps will Immediately return to the
| Rock Island house, were the Womans
Relief corps will be met and escorted to
A. o. U. w hall; where the sessions of
this order will be held,
THE BUSINESS MEETINGS
will be held during the day, and in the
evenings complimentary entertainments
will be given in each of the two cities
Rock Island and Moline. The Spy of
Atlanta" will be presented at Harper's
theatre each evening, and the camp fires
will take place at Wagner's opera house
Moline both evenings In the way of
AMUsEMENTs
will be provided for those wearing
G. A r. badges, accommodations to WIS.,
it the government island, and Division
Agent Mack has arranged for special
trains leaving the c., B. & G. depot at
the foot of Sixteenth street, for Moline,
and returning at the following specified
times, thus giving delegates abundant
means of attending the business meet
ings and entertainments in either city:
Trains will leave Rock Island on Wed.
nesiay at 12 noon, $50, 7 and 1115 p
m, and will leave Moline at 9:10 d. M
80, and 730 D. m. and - midnight
On Thursday trains will leave Rock Isl
|
and leave Moline al SIS and / 80 and
40 p. N.
THE ORDER.
The objects TO be accomplished by the
, G. 4. r. are these;
/. To preserve and strengthen those
kind and traternal feelings which bind
together the soldiers, sailors aud marines
who united to suppress the late rebellion,
snd to perpetuate the memory and hisio-
~ of the dead.
?. To assist such former comrades 10
arms as need help and protection. and to
extend needful aid to the widows and
orphans of those who have fallen.
u 3. To maintain true allegiance to the
> United States OF America based upon a
paramount respect for aud fidelity TO the
national constitution and laws; to dis
countenance whatever tends to weaken
! loyalty, incites 10 instruction, treason
or rebellion, or in any manner impairs
, the efficiency and permanency of our free
institutions; and to encourage the spread
of universal liberty, equal rights and jus
] tice to all men.
ELIGIBILITY TO MEMBERSHIP.
Soldiers and sailors Of the United States
army, navy or marine corps, who served
between April 12, 1861, and April 0,
1865, in the war for the suppression Of
. the rebellion, and those having been hon
+ orably discharged therefrom after such
service and of such state regiments as
were called into service and subject to
the orders of United States. General Off
5 GERS, between the dates mentioned, shall
be eligible to membership in the Grand
Army of the Republic. No person shall
be eligible to membership who has at any
time borne arms against the United
' States.
The headquarters of the national or,
: gauizstiou are at Madison, Wis, the
. NATIONAL OFFICERS
being the following:
/ COMMANDMENT Chief - Lucius Fair
6 child Madison Wis.
SVEN C-Samuel w Backus, San
Francisco, Cal.
d JNCin edgar Allen. Richmond,
: Virginia.
Surgeon General Ambrose Everette,
Denver. Col.
Chap in CT e Warner, Chattanooga,
= Tenn.
Quartermsster General John TAYLOR
Philadelphia. Pa.
Adjutant Genersl-E B Gray, Madison,
Wis.
THE DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS,
the twenty -first annual encsmpment of
, which is to be held in this city has its
n headquarters at Galesburg the officers
being:
Commander s Post, Galesburg.
= Senior Vice Com-Thomas c Fuller
a ton. Ottawa.
Tpo;o, N;on Con, Enoe nonI Chi,ouo